Nonfiction
240 Pages
ISBN: 159766006X
Paper $19.95
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In these vivid personal essays, Barbara Kingsolver, Anne Lamott, Alexandra Fuller, Scott Russell Sanders, Beth Kephart, Barry Lopez and many other prominent writers, an amazingly ecumenical group, explore the endless surprise and spiritual enrichment that parenthood offers, even at its most difficult.
"All parents are on their own hike, with their own children, with their own lessons to learn. At Work in Life’s Garden: Writers on the Spiritual Adventure of Parenting is a wonderful companion on the journey." .—Mimi Doe, Foreward Magazine |
Sarah Conover's two previous books in the This Little Light of Mine Series (Eastern Washington University Press) are collections of religious literature and folktales, one from Buddhism, Kindness, and the other from Islam, Ayat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs. Ayat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs won the 2004 Aesop Award and was recommended by Newsweek as one of the best multi-cultural books of 2004. She is a former producer of documentaries and is now a humanities teacher in the Spokane, Washington, public schools.
Tracy Springberry has published essays in The Sun, The Christian Science Monitor and on Spokane Public Radio. Springberry has an MA in creative non-fiction writing, is studying to be a Unitarian Universalist minister, and is the mother of three sons. She also lives in Spokane, Washington. |
"...Kephart conveys her frantic reaction to the original diagnosis, her furious desire to change conditions for Jeremy at once and her ultimate realization that a tangible, positive outcome was possible, given great patience. Kephart tells an affecting story of parental dedication."
—Publishers Weekly about "Palsy" by Beth Kephart |
